Reply #3: I disagree with this idea. In this scenario the Court could be [View All]

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stacked each generation with the political whims of the moment. With the prevailing politics from about 1980 until about 2005, under this scenario there would have been a very good chance we would now have an even more right wing court than we see today.

The whole reason that SC judges are appointed for life is that, in theory, this allows them to be above politics. We all know that it hasn't quite worked out that way, but I fear it would be even worse if this idea was implemented.